A bill for an act relating to granting supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount for school districts with high open enrollments, and including effective date and applicability provisions.

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File

810

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

810

BY

RINKER

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

granting

supplemental

aid

or

a

modified

1

supplemental

amount

for

school

districts

with

high

open

2

enrollments,

and

including

effective

date

and

applicability

3

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

257.31,

subsection

5,

paragraph

o,

Code

1

2025,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

o.

(1)

The

percentage

of

students

enrolled

in

the

school

3

district

as

the

result

of

open

enrollment

under

section

4

282.18

is

equal

to

or

greater

than

forty-five

percent

of

the

5

total

number

of

students

enrolled

in

the

school

district.

6

The

committee

shall

not

approve

supplemental

aid

or

a

7

modified

supplemental

amount

that

exceeds

an

amount

equal

8

to

fifty

percent

of

the

product

of

the

net

change

in

the

9

school

district’s

expected

enrollment

due

to

open

enrollment

10

multiplied

by

the

sum

of

the

following

amounts:

11

(a)

The

difference

between

the

district’s

regular

program

12

district

cost

per

pupil

minus

the

regular

program

state

cost

13

per

pupil.

14

(b)

The

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

per

pupil.

15

(c)

(b)

The

professional

development

supplement

district

16

cost

per

pupil.

17

(d)

(c)

The

early

intervention

supplement

district

cost

per

18

pupil.

19

(2)

Prior

to

filing

a

request

for

supplemental

aid

or

a

20

modified

supplemental

amount

based

on

the

grounds

specified

21

in

this

paragraph,

the

board

of

directors

shall

hold

a

public

22

hearing

on

the

issue

and

shall

publish

the

notice

of

the

time

23

and

place

of

the

public

hearing.

Notice

of

the

time

and

place

24

of

the

public

hearing

shall

be

published

not

less

than

ten

nor

25

more

than

twenty

days

before

the

public

hearing

in

a

newspaper

26

that

is

a

newspaper

of

general

circulation

in

the

school

27

district.

28

(3)

A

school

district

is

not

eligible

for

supplemental

aid

29

or

a

modified

supplemental

amount

under

this

paragraph

if

a

30

majority

of

the

students

enrolled

in

the

school

district

as

31

the

result

of

open

enrollment

are

students

receiving

online

32

instruction

from

a

private

provider

under

section

256.43,

33

subsection

2

.

34

(4)

A

school

district

is

only

eligible

for

supplemental

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aid

or

a

modified

supplemental

amount

under

this

paragraph

for

1

the

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2024

If

a

school

district

is

2

granted

a

modified

supplemental

amount

under

this

paragraph

for

3

a

budget

year

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025,

the

school

4

district’s

combined

property

tax

rate

per

one

thousand

dollars

5

for

all

school

district

levies

for

the

succeeding

budget

year

6

shall

not

exceed

the

combined

property

tax

rate

for

all

such

7

levies

for

the

budget

year

for

which

the

modified

supplemental

8

amount

was

granted

.

9

Sec.

2.

REPEAL.

2024

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

1152,

section

45,

10

is

repealed.

11

Sec.

3.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

12

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

13

Sec.

4.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

school

budget

14

years

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

Code

section

257.31(5)

establishes

circumstances

under

19

which

the

school

budget

review

committee

(committee)

may

20

grant

supplemental

aid

or

a

modified

supplemental

amount

to

a

21

district.

This

bill

modifies

the

calculations

for

supplemental

22

aid

or

a

modified

supplemental

amount

for

such

school

districts

23

under

circumstances

of

high

open

enrollment

into

the

district

24

by

striking

the

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

per

25

pupil

from

the

amount.

26

The

bill

strikes

the

limitation

that

specified

a

school

27

district

is

only

eligible

for

supplemental

aid

or

a

modified

28

supplemental

amount

related

to

increasing

open

enrollment

for

29

the

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2024.

30

The

bill

also

strikes

a

provision

in

2024

Iowa

Acts,

chapter

31

1152,

section

45,

and

moves

the

provision

to

Code

section

32

257.31(5)(o)

with

modifications.

The

provision

specifies

33

that

if

a

school

district

with

high

open

enrollment

into

the

34

district

is

granted

a

modified

supplemental

amount

for

a

budget

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year

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025,

the

school

district’s

1

combined

property

tax

rate

for

all

school

district

levies

2

for

the

succeeding

budget

year

shall

not

exceed

the

combined

3

property

tax

rate

for

all

such

levies

for

the

budget

year

for

4

which

the

modified

supplemental

amount

was

granted.

5

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment

and

applies

to

school

6

budget

years

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2025.

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